When most people think of Minnesota, they envision 10,000 lakes scattered across dense northern forests—not necessarily the mid-sized city of Rochester with its world-renowned Mayo Clinic. Yet this un...
When most tourists flock to Fort Lauderdale's main beaches like synchronized particles in a magnetic field, the savvy traveler understands that diffusion toward less concentrated areas yields a superi...
When my materials preservation research brought me to Indonesia last summer, I expected to spend most of my time analyzing ancient temple compounds. Instead, I found myself conducting an entirely diff...
Living in Madrid has given me a profound appreciation for coastal escapes, but during my recent research fellowship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, I discovered something unexpected: this central...
When most travelers think of beach destinations, Duluth, Minnesota rarely tops the list. But as someone who's analyzed the material composition of sand across three continents, I can confidently say t...
While Punta Cana absorbs the tourist masses with its all-inclusive fortresses, La Romana quietly harbors some of the Dominican Republic's most spectacular coastal treasures. As a materials engineer fa...
When most travelers think of Nakuru, Kenya, the iconic images of pink flamingos dotting Lake Nakuru's alkaline shores immediately come to mind. But here's what three years of exploring East Africa has...
As a materials engineer who's spent years examining the preservation techniques of Europe's artistic treasures, I've developed a particular fondness for cities that exist in the shadow of their more f...